ansible-role-vcsa

Deploys a VMware Platform Service Controller or vCenter Server Appliance using the ovftool.

Requirements

This role requires the following (Pip) modules.

• pyVmomi
• pysphere

Role Variables

This role is under heavy development, thus the variables may change often. At present, the following variables are setup via defaults/main.yml, or are otherwise required.

Note: A non-defaulted variable, download_site, must be set by a vars file or by other mechanism prior to calling this role. The download_site must provide a URL base (e.g., http://mysite.com/downloads) from which the download files (e.g., ISO files or similar) may be obtained. See the defaults/main.yml for the files of interest.

the_one_task_template
the_one_task
vcenter_host
vcenter_user
vcenter_password
vcenter_port
esx_hostname
esx_username
esx_password
esx_datastore
esx_network
appliance_thin_disk_mode
ip_family
time_tools_sync
ssh_enable
database_type
sso_domain_name
sso_site_name
sso_password
psc_appliance_vcenter_name
vcsa_appliance_vcenter_name
psc_appliance_domain_name
vcsa_appliance_domain_name
psc_appliance_root_password
vcsa_appliance_root_password
appliance_deployment_option
psc_appliance_ip_address
psc_appliance_ip_prefix
psc_appliance_ip_gw
psc_appliance_dns_servers
vcsa_appliance_ip_address
vcsa_appliance_ip_prefix
vcsa_appliance_ip_gw
vcsa_appliance_dns_servers
ovftool
iso
ova
mount_dir_path
ovftool_http_timeout

Example Playbook

- name: Deploy a virtual machine via ovftool
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  vars_files:
    - roles/vcsa/vars/main.yml
    - roles/vcsa/defaults/main.yml
  roles:
    - vcsa

License and Copyright

Copyright 2015 VMware, Inc. All rights reserved.

SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR GPL-3.0-only

This code is Dual Licensed Apache-2.0 or GPLv3

Author Information

This role was created in 2015 by Jake Dupuy / VMware.